雙語笑話：棺材里的錢

Money in the Coffin

An old man was on his deathbed．He wanted badly to take all his money with him．He called his priest，his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside．“Here’s $30，000 cash to be held by each of you．I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me．”

At the funeral，each man put an envelope in the coffin．Riding away in a limousine，the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed that he had only put$20，000 into the envelope because he needed $10，000 for a new baptistery．“Well，since we’re confiding in each other，”said the doctor，“I only put $10，000 in the envelope because we needed a new machine at the hospital which cost $20，000．”The lawyer was aghast．“I’m ashamed of both of you，”he exclaimed．“I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin，it held my personal check for the full $30，000．”

棺材里的錢

一位老人奄奄一息。他非常希望死后能把自己所有的錢都帶走。于是他將自己雇用的牧師、醫(yī)生和律師叫到床邊。“你們每人手上都有我的30，000美元，我委托你們在我死時把這些錢都放進棺材，這樣我就能把自己所有的錢都帶走。”

葬禮上，那三個受托人在棺材里各放了一個信封。牧師開著豪華轎車要離開的時候，突然流下了眼淚，承認自己在信封里只放了20，000美元，因為他要用10，000美元買一個洗禮池。“那好吧，既然大家都坦誠相待，”醫(yī)生說，“我在信封里只放了10 ，000美元，因為我們醫(yī)院需要一臺價值20，000美元的新設(shè)備。”律師感到非常驚訝。“我真為你們倆感到害臊，”他大叫道，“我要告訴你們，我放進棺材里的信封內(nèi)裝了一張價值整整30，000美元的個人支票。”